A Coach's Diary

HOPE “Something good is going to happen to me and through me.” Read the Zero Week Devotional on Endurance by clicking here . What is HOPE ? HOPE is expecting that something good is going to happen to you. It is the belief that the future will be better than the present, along with the belief that you have the power to make it so. Hope is a positive attitude and a positive mindset that can push you through and past the tough times. When we start a new season, or a new team, or a new week, or a new practice, it would help our performance, mentally and physically, if we had high levels of HOPE and believed that great things are going to happen to us and through us. Tell yourself, daily, “Something good is going to happen to me and through me.” HOPE doesn’t mean that we won’t face obstacles, adversity, and difficult moments. The Bible is filled with stories of people facing difficult trials and overcoming them. One of my favorite Bible stories is the story of Joseph. Joseph was the father...

"Something good is going to happen to me and through me." I was talking to a friend about how he can be intentional in providing character education for his high school basketball team. One suggestion that I had for him was to create a word of the week or even have his team create a word of the week, and use that word to drive them for the week, while also talking about how they can use that word in the classroom and other parts of life. We decided to start with the word HOPE. With so much going on in the world, we thought it would be important to have, live with, and lead with HOPE. What is HOPE? HOPE is expecting that something good is going to happen to you. When we start a new season, or a new team, or a new week, or a new practice, it would help our performance, mentally and physically, if we had high levels of HOPE. Having hope can make tough situations - practices, games, and classes more bearable. Having hope can keep us motivated to do what we need to do to go after ...